and he was asking how john was and we had word early on the 12th of november that john o'neil was missing and presumed dead. when the general asked about the brother john, how is he, he choked up and said he may be dead. the general started tearing up as well. when we said we needed kuso immediately, he called and told them the last yemeni flight was not to leave until kuso was aboard. the cooperation after that was tremendous. we had access to al qaeda card-carrying members after that and it was a treasure-trove of intelligence information post-9/11. >> any other questions? >> well, i have several questions. i'll try to limit the ones i have. but just a little of background who i am. my name is jamal. my brother was one of the 17 on board the uss cole. >> yes. >> one of the 17 that was killed. and just a little bit of background, this is not a blame game on anyone, but my information about john o'neil is a little bit secondhand. he was more in contact with my father, giving him updates about the case throughout. but the kind of person he is, you know this, that when he first heard about

we had word early on the 12th of november that john o'neil was missing and presumed dead. when the general asked about brother john, how is he, ali choked up and said he may be dead and the general started to choke up as well. immediately he picked up the phone and called the control tower and said the last yemen flight was not to leave. the cooperation after that was tremendous. we had access to al qaeda card-holding members after that. it was a treasure trove of information after 9/11. >> any other questions? >> i have several questions. i'll try to limit the ones i have. just a little bit of background who i am. my name is jamal gunn, my brother was one of the 17 on board the "uss cole." 1 of the 17 killed. just a little built of background, this is not a blame game on anyone. my information about john o'neil is a little secondhand. he was more in contact with my father giving him updates about the case throughout. the kind of person he is, you know this, when he first heard about the attack his response was probably an expletive. he's kind of very -- you're laughing bec

we had heard earlier on the 12th of november that john o'neill was missing and presumed dead. hen the general asked about the rather, john, how is he, ali choked up and said john maybe dead. when the general started to tear up as well. we he picked up the phone. called the control tower and told them the last yemeni flight was not to leave until they had support. so the corporation after that was just absolutely tremendous. we had access to hype, locating al-qaeda members after that. it was a treasure trove of information post 9/11. >> any other questions? i have several questions. i'll try to limit the ones that i have. just a bit of background on who i am. my name is--. my brother was one of the 17 on board the uss cole. one of the 17 that was killed. and just a little bit of background on what you are saying. this is not a blame game. my information about john o'neil, a little bit of secondhand. he was more in contact with my father. giving him detail the case throughout. the kind of person he is, you know, this when he first heard about the attack his response was probably

john eaton remember the cabinet? he's good friend to margaret o'neill. was a major scandal and ultimately jackson wipes out the whole cabinet. and poke is over there in congress looking at that over this marriage over this over this over this marriage. i mean fluoride calhoun will not. i have anything to do with margaret o'neill the wife of the vice president and other cabinet officers follow her along van buren. not married it's very nice to him and and what was he then? he was vice president. oh, no, he was secretary of state and and jackson wraps his arm around van buren and names him vice president. really ordains him for the vice presidency in the second term because he was nice. to eaton and mrs. eaton well, so the whole cabinet is wiped out eaton resigns and and others are forced to resign. pope comes into office and i think one of the reasons he didn't dump buchanan. was because he didn't want that same sort of image that it haunted jackson. he didn't want anybody to leave the cabinet over a controversy. he let george bancroft his secretary of th

john boehner. they do not take themselves too seriously. as democrats and republicans it's a great example. >> remember tip o'neill and bob michael, they woulday cards that night even after having a battle on the floor. i'm glad to hear that some of that is still going on. because this is the way this thing is supposed to work. >> not as much as it should, but it should. >> well i tell you when you think back over the last several years which political comedians do you think have been the most influential, in terms of the way that americans approach their government. or how they feel about how their country is being run? >> well one thing, if this election turns out in a certain way, it will be how do i put this, if it turns out the way that the three of us don't want to turn out, without mentioning names, that will render political humor totally ineffectual. these guys late at night, he will put a dent in our current president. they really haven't. as far as you know used to be, whoever made it into the nightly monologue, in other words his transgression's, became known immediately known, to johnny carson's rioters, and jay lentils writers,

john boehner, i have a great relationship with, because they don't take themselves too seriously. as democrats and republicans, that's a good example. >> i remember tip o'neilld bob michael would be having a battle on the floor of the house and play cards that night. i'm glad to hear that some of that is still going on, because i think that's pretty much the way this thing is supposed to work. >> not nearly as much as it should, but some still does, yes. >> well, i'll tell you. mark, when you think back over the past several years, which of the political comedians were the most influential in terms of the way americans approach their government and how they feel about the way the country is being run? >> well, for one thing, if this election turns out in a certain way, it will be -- how do i put this -- if it turns out the way the three of us don't want it to turn out, without mentioning names, that will render political humor totally ineffectual. these guys haven't put a dent in our current president, they really haven't. it used to be whoever made it into the nightly monologue, in other words his transgressions became known, immediately known, johnny carso